Word: carlsen
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...very much surprised at all the commotion about Captain Carlsen. It was his duty to stay with his ship and he did it. Is it so rare nowadays that a man do his duty that he should be treated as a hero in acknowledgement? Acts of heroism happen every day on a much higher level where men risk their lives to save others and remain for the most part unknown. After all, Captain Carlsen only tried to save a ship and the few hundred thousand dollars worth of cargo it was carrying. And I fail to see what else...
...over the world a kind of cheer went up in millions of hearts at Carlsen's stubborn, valiant pride in his ship and his calling. Said his wife, waiting fearfully in their house in Woodbridge, NJ.: "You can't do anything with him ... we are praying...
...eyed, bewhiskered Kurt Carlsen said: "We have to get the passengers off." But how? Swooping lifeboats from the rescue vessels dared come little closer than a hundred yards amid the crazy welter of water; the Flying Enterprise boats were disabled or waterlogged. In matter-of-fact tones, Carlsen ordered that all must jump. A brave woman passenger, Mrs. Elsa Muller, went first, was picked up by a boat from the Southland. After that, with lifebelts strapped tight, more leaped or were pushed into the sea. A crewman jumped with each passenger...
...smooth the raging waters. Even so, some of the jumpers were smashed back against the crippled freighter's plates. Lifeboats were broken against their mother ships. But two by two, swimmers floundered away, were picked up, gasping, oil-covered, half-drowned, and hauled to safety. Alone, Carlsen grinned and waved away the last waiting boat. The captain had elected to stay aboard his wounded ship...
...master of the transport Greely, eyeing the Flying Enterprise through flying spume, was appalled, even though four of her five holds were still tight. "I believed that what watertight integrity she possessed would collapse," he said, "sinking her immediately." The vessel's owners urged Carlsen by radio against "further risking your life." When the message was relayed, a new storm was smashing the ship, but he replied: "I am remaining till vessel saved or sunk...